A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier (Header Pins Soldered)

SKU: POLOLU-2980 Brand: Pololu

This version of Pololu's A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier ships with male header pins installed, so no soldering is required to use it with an appropriate 16-pin socket or solderless breadboard.

$9.20 AUD, inc GST

$8.36 AUD, exc GST

In stock, ships same business day if ordered before 2PM
Delivered by Tue, 24th of Dec

Quantity Discounts:

10-25 $8.11 (exc GST)
25+ $7.95 (exc GST)

This version of Pololu's A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier ships with 0.1"-pitch male header pins installed as shown in the main product picture, so no soldering is required to use it with an appropriate 16-pin socket or solderless breadboard. Please see the A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier product page for more information about the driver.

Dimensions

Size:	0.6" × 0.8"
Weight:	2.4 g

General specifications

Minimum operating voltage:	8 V
Maximum operating voltage:	35 V
Continuous current per phase:	1 A¹
Maximum current per phase:	2 A²
Minimum logic voltage:	3 V
Maximum logic voltage:	5.5 V
Microstep resolutions:	full, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, and 1/16
Reverse voltage protection?:	N
Bulk packaged?:	N
Header pins soldered?:	Y

Identifying markings

PCB dev codes:	md09b

Notes:

1: Without a heat sink or forced air flow.
2: With sufficient additional cooling.

File downloads

Allegro A4988 stepper motor driver datasheet (1MB pdf)
Dimension diagram of the A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier (379k pdf)
3D model of the A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier (4MB step)
A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier drill guide (33k dxf)

This DXF drawing shows the locations of all of the board’s holes. It applies to both the green (md09b) and black (md09c) editions of the A4988 stepper motor driver carrier.

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